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After clinching Djeno, Pouyanné meets Sassou to lobby on Total tax

Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné travelled to Congo to celebrate a major extension of the firm's Djeno concession and discuss the oil major's future investments with the country's president. [...]

Published on 04.11.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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ENI speeds up its asset disposals to Thystere Tchicaya and Sassou's dismay

Italian major ENI is pursuing its drive to rid itself of its smaller assets in Congo, leaving those in charge of the country's oil policy and the SNPC with difficult decisions to make.

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Congo
Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

Total is still set to operate the Djeno oil terminal for the next twenty years. But the terms for the extension are likely to be much harsher than what presidential advisor Denis Gokana led the French major to believe.

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Congo
Costs audit could be end of 15-year free run for ENI, Total and Perenco

Oil majors active in Congo that have not had their oil costs audited since 2015 may now have to reveal all for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.

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Congo
Bypassed over renewal, oil minister Thystère Tchicaya sends Total a sharp reminder

Although it has locked in another two decades to operate Djeno, French major Total could be in for a bumpy ride with the authorities during the concession transition period through to the end of the year.

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Congolese hydrocarbons minister Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya.

Congo
Perenco boss Perrodo follows Total's Pouyanné in visiting Sassou to talk about Djeno

François Perrodo, the young head of the family-owned Perenco group, made the trip to Congo to try to get guarantees from the Congolese authorities regarding his group's expansion plans there.

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Nguesso clan loses $2.4m Florida penthouse for good

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Congo
Total boss humours lord of the manor Sassou but makes his intentions clear

Patrick Pouyanné played along as Congo's president showed off his domains, but behind the Total CEO's remarkable patience lay a determination to extract his pound of flesh.

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In wake of Covid-19, modular refineries pose further threat to Total's market share

With the public health crisis having already taken a toll on Total's sales of petroleum products on the continent this year, the spectre of competition from modular refineries is giving the major cause for further concern.

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Sassou Nguesso's plan for Djeno oil terminal after 50 years of Total and ENI at the helm

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Total loses tax concessions held since 1968

In the end Brazzaville has decided to not renew the establishment agreements that have governed Total's presence in Congo since [...]

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Ludovic Ngatsé
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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Congo
After clinching Djeno, Pouyanné meets Sassou to lobby on Total tax

Congo
TotalEnergies, ENI and Perenco dilly-dally over Djeno terminal

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Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

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Perenco poised to acquire ENI blocks

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Local French politicians observed Congo elections in March

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ENI speeds up its asset disposals to Thystere Tchicaya and Sassou's dismay

Congo
Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

Congo
Costs audit could be end of 15-year free run for ENI, Total and Perenco

Congo
Bypassed over renewal, oil minister Thystère Tchicaya sends Total a sharp reminder

Congo
Perenco boss Perrodo follows Total's Pouyanné in visiting Sassou to talk about Djeno

Congo
Nguesso clan loses $2.4m Florida penthouse for good

Congo
Total boss humours lord of the manor Sassou but makes his intentions clear

Africa
In wake of Covid-19, modular refineries pose further threat to Total's market share

Congo
Sassou Nguesso's plan for Djeno oil terminal after 50 years of Total and ENI at the helm

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Total loses tax concessions held since 1968